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A mysterious andbloodthirsty matriarchal force runs the town of Redlands, Florida, and in orderto stay on top, sacrifices must be made. Someone is intent on removing thesewomen from the top of the food chain, and he's ready to unleash their darkestsecret but has seriously underestimated the lengths the townspeople will go toprotect the new order of things.

Inspired bythe strange complexities of real world politics and crime, the characters ofRedlands play victim and villain, attempting to understand themselves andothers, through murder, magic andmayhem.

Collects issues 1 through6.

Author Biography

Jordie Bellaire is a multiple Eisner Award winning colorist for acclaimed projects such as VISION, THEY'RE NOT LIKE US, PRETTY DEADLY, INJECTION, AUTUMNLANDS etc, as well as mainstream hits like BATMAN, DEADPOOL, MOON KNIGHT and HAWKEYE. She is writer and co-creator with artist Vanesa R. Del Rey on the ongoing Image Comics series REDLANDS and is the writer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series. She lives in Ireland with her famous cat, Buffy. Tom King is the New York Times best selling author and multiple Eisner Award winning writer of Batman, Superman, Mister Miracle, Vision, The Sheriff of Babylon, Omega Men, Strange Adventures, and many others. Prior to becoming a writer, King served in the CIA as an operation officer in the Counterterrorism Center. He lives in Washington DC with his wife and three children. Cuban artist Vanesa R. Del Rey began her career doing concept art for animation. Her work in comics has been described as dark, gritty and mysterious with great dominance of figurative work. She has illustrated Scarlet Witch, Spider-Women Alpha, and Daredevil Annual (2016) for Marvel Comics. REDLANDS, co-created with Jordie Bellaire is her first creator-owned series with Image Comics. She currently lives and works by the beach in Miami, FL.

Review

"Incredibly empowering and perfectly timed for thecurrent state of the Union." -NYLON Magazine

"Eisner Award-winning colorist Bellaire's debutwriting effort is a stellar feminist occult horror comic... The spine-tinglingadventure is filled with examples of sexual harassment, such as a principalpropositioning one of his female students for sex, adding emotional terror tothe spooky mix. Monsters abound, but even the supernatural characters evokehumanity and empathy. Del Rey's fine-lined watercolor-style art makes even gorelook gorgeous and sets an ominous mood which elevates the suspense. This darkcampfire tale is both politically relevant and terrifying." -PublishersWeekly

"Bellaire's writing blends folklore with acontemporary urgency and Del Rey's art is beautifully, frighteningly immersive.A stunning debut." - Scott Snyder

"Read this beautiful, compelling, epic work, join inthe chorus of this scream, and you will see that in the worst of times, ourgreatest witches do come true." -Tom King

"Boasting striking body-horror and a powerful 'smash thepatriarchy' message... One of the best horror comics out right now."—Entertainment Weekly

"Nice f*cking job." -Warren Ellis

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"Incredibly empowering and perfectly timed for thecurrent state of the Union." - NYLON Magazine

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